Down Line Load Characters Command For 9-Pin Printers (Ibm) - Oki MICROLINE ML521 Reference Manual

Down Line Load Characters Command for 9-Pin Printers (IBM)

ML320 E/I, ML321 E/I
Function
Down Line Load Characters
Use this command with the ML520 or the ML521 printer to begin downloading the characters.
Parameters c and c
1 2
These parameters specify the total count of characters to be downloaded. How these variables
are calculated depends on which mode is engaged: Utility printing or Near Letter Quality
(NLQ) printing.
For Utility printing:
For NLQ printing:
If the value obtained is less than 256, substitute the value for c
If the value obtained is 256 or more, divide the value by 256. Replace c
number result and assign the remainder to c
Parameter m
This parameter selects the print quality:
m = 20: Utility printing
m = 21: NLQ printing
Parameter n
This parameter specifies the ASCII value of the starting character in the set to be redefined
(characters must be redefined in sequence) and can be assigned any value in the range 0 to
255.
Parameters a and a
1 2
These parameters designate the attributes of the character.
Parameter a
1
Parameter a denotes whether the character is an ascender or descender:
1
a = 0: ascender
1
a = 128: descender
1
ML320 Turbo, ML321 Turbo
ASCII
ESC = c c
1 2
a a [data]
1 2
value = (# of characters to be changed x 13) + 2
value = (# of characters to be changed x 48) + 2
.
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Chapter 5: Custom Character Commands
Decimal
m n 27 61 c c m n
1 2
a a [data]
1 2
and replace c
1
ML520, ML521
Hexadecimal
1B 3D c c m n
1 2
a a [data]
1 2
with 0.
2
with the whole
2
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